Create new Business group with vCO workflow

[Craig_G2]

I'm working on a vCO workflow that will enable members of my team to set up new teams in vCAC..

I can't seem to workout how to map the output of "Create a Machine Prefix" , which is vCAC:Entity to the Machine Prefix Input  (defaultMachinePrefix) which is  vCACCAFE:MachinePrefix.

When I try to pass the entity ID to defaultMachine prefix I get the following error: Cannot convert undefined to java.util.UUID (Workflow:Set up new vCAC User / Create a Business Group (item6)#4)

Has anyone had any success or am I trying to do something that can't be done?

Cheers

[Craig_G2]

Hmm,

Thought i'd found the answer:

var myvCACCAFEMachinePrefixesService = new vCACCAFEMachinePrefixesService();

var array = new Array();

array = myvCACCAFEMachinePrefixesService.getAll()

Then loop through the array until MachinePrifix.name == the user input for machine prefix

But no.. java.lang.NullPointerException (Workflow:test43 / Scriptable task (item2)#1)

[Craig_G2 · Accepted solution]

OK finally managed to do this...

vCACCAFEEntitiesFinder is the way to go for this sort of stuff.

Here is what I did to get from Machine Prefix vCACEntity to vCAC:MachinePrefix:

Inputs:

mp_new MachinePrefix (vCAC:Entity output from New machine prefix OU)

vCACCAFEHost (vCACCAFE:VCACHost)

Outputs:

mp_defaultMachinePrefix (vCACCAFE:MachinePrefix)

function getMachinePrefix() {

var vCACCAFEMachinePrefix;

var array = new Array();

array = vCACCAFEEntitiesFinder.getMachinePrefixes(vCACCAFEHost);

var machinePrefix = mp_newMachinePrefix.getProperty("MachinePrefix");

System.log("Searching for machine prefix..");

for (var i = 0; i < array.length; i++) {

if (array[i].name.toLowerCase() == machinePrefix.toLowerCase()){

System.log("Found MachinePrefix : " + array[i].name);

vCACCAFEMachinePrefix = array[i];

}

}

return vCACCAFEMachinePrefix;

//Set default prefix mp_defaultMachinePrefix = getMachinePrefix();

if(!mp_defaultMachinePrefix){

throw "Could not find machine prefix entity";

}

[jmedd]

Thanks for posting back how you sorted this, very helpful right now

[M3VM]

This script is not working for me.

Getting the error: Unable to create object: _vCACCAFEEntitiesFinder: Class ch.dunes.vso.sdk.DynamicWrapper cannot access a member of class com.vmware.011n.plugin.vcac.model.inventory.EntitiesFinder with modifiers "private"

or this error: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Expected BEGIN_OBJECT but was STRING

[Craig_G2]

Check this out..

http://www.helloitscraig.co.uk/2015/10/mapping-a-vcacentity-machine-prefix-to-a-vcaccafemachineprefi...

And see here for more conversion: vCACCAFEEntitiesFinder.getMachinePrefixes(vCACCafeHost) only returns 25 results

[M3VM]

thanks a lot.. working now

[M3VM]

It's not working now with the solution mentioned in the given link:

[

/*

input: vCACMachinePrefixEntity [vCAC:Entity

input: vCACCAFEHost [vCACCAFE:vCACHost]

output: vCACCAFEMachinePrefixObject [vCACCAFE:MachinePrefix]

Description: Maps a vCAC:Entity machine prefix to a vCACCAFEMahcinePrefix object

*/

var vCACCAFEMachinePrefixEntityName = vCACMachinePrefixEntity.getProperty('MachinePrefix');

var vCACCAFEMachinePrefixArray = vCACCAFEEntitiesFinder.findMachinePrefixes(vCACCAFEHost,vCACCAFEMachinePrefixEntityName);

vCACCAFEMachinePrefixObject = vCACCAFEMachinePrefixArray[0];

]

Getting the error : [null] java.lang.IllegalStateException: Expected BEGIN_OBJECT but was STRING

Unable to resolve this error. Thanks.

[Craig_G2]

Interesting..

Are you sure you are passing it a vCAC:Entity?

I've just done a quick test and worked.

Can you provide more info?

[M3VM]

Yes, passing a vCAC:Entity.

Screenshots are attached.

[Craig_G2]

Looking at the first screenshot.. it appears that the newMachinePrefix attribute is not set.. This should be set after create a machine prefix completes.

newMachinePrefix is bound to vCACCAFEMachinePrefix in machine prefix modifications.

Are you sure that the machine prefix is being created?

Thanks

[M3VM]

newMachinePrefix attribute is set as can be seen in the screenshot

newMachinePrefix is then bound to vCACCAFEMachinePrefix in machine prefix modifications (Screenshot attached)

Yes, machine prefix is being created. I checked it. (Also attached screenshot for this)

Unable to resolve the error yet

[Craig_G2]

This is weird.

I'm begining to wonder if this is something to do with IaaS?

I can't reproduce your error.

Can you tailf /var/log/vco/app-server/catalina.out and /var/log/vco/app-server/server.log when you run the workflow that fails and post any errors that you may see?

Cheers

[M3VM]

Logs attached of catalina.out and server.log